Mancos State Park

{{Short description|State park in Montezuma County, Colorado}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Mancos State Park | iucn_category = V | iucn_ref =  | image = MancosStatePark.jpg | image_caption = Jackson Gulch Reservoir and the La Plata Mountains in Mancos State Park  | map = USA Colorado | image_map = | map_width = 250 | map_caption = Location of Mancos State Park in Colorado | relief =  | location = Montezuma County, Colorado, U.S. | nearest_city = Mancos | nearest_town = | coordinates = {{coord|37|24|1|N|108|16|12|W|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref =  | length = | length_mi = | length_km = | width = | width_mi = | width_km = | area_acre = 553 | area_ref = | elevation = | elevation_avg = | elevation_min = | elevation_max = | dimensions = | designation =  | authorized = | created = | designated = | established = 1987 | named_for = | visitation_num = 34,067 | visitation_year = 2021 | visitation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Colorado State Parks Region Annual Visitation Report |url=https://ccionline.org/download/2023_priorities/State-Park-attendance-2019-to-2021.pdf |website=Colorado Counties, Inc. |access-date=December 6, 2023 |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104222317/https://ccionline.org/download/2023_priorities/State-Park-attendance-2019-to-2021.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | governing_body = Colorado Parks and Wildlife | administrator = | operator = | owner =  | website = | module = }}

'''Mancos State Park''' is a Colorado state park. It is located near Mesa Verde National Park, the West Mancos Trail and the San Juan Skyway.<ref name=website>{{cite web|url=http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/Mancos/|title=Mancos|publisher=Colorado Parks & Wildlife|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918064044/http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/mancos|archive-date=18 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The park is known to have been a dwelling place for Ancestral Puebloans. They lived in the Four Corners area in ancient times from AD 1 to 1300. It was also later controlled by the Spanish for 200 years from the 17th to the 19th century.

In 1948 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioned the '''Jackson Gulch Dam''', and it was officially included as a part of the Colorado state parks in 1987.<ref name=website />

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Mancos}} * {{Commons category-inline|Mancos State Park}}

Category:State parks of Colorado Category:Protected areas of Montezuma County, Colorado Category:Protected areas established in 1987 Category:Dams completed in 1949 Category:Dams in Colorado Category:United States Bureau of Reclamation dams